As lawmakers across the country seek to reduce youth tobacco and vapor product use, many have introduced and passed legislation that regulates, taxes, and in some cases, prohibits the sales of such products.
This analysis includes state specific information on tobacco and vapor product use among adults in youth in all 50 states, as well as Washington D.C.
Each paper examines smoking rates among adults in the respective state, youth use of tobacco and vapor products, and the effectiveness of tobacco settlement payments, taxes, and vapor products on reducing combustible cigarette use.
Smoking Rates Among Adults
This section provides information on smoking rates among adults in 2020, as reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS). This analysis also examines changes in smoking rates between 2019 and 2020 and changes between 1995 and 2020. Even though smoking rates have significantly declined since 1995, several states saw an increase in smoking between 2019 and 2020.
Low Income Persons More Likely to Smoke
This section analyzes the income levels of current smokers in a given states, with many states having a disproportionate number of lower income smokers.
Adult Vaping Rates
Unfortunately, the BRFSS only has data on adult vapor product use for the years 2016 and 2017. Similar to income status with smokers, low-income persons were more likely to be current vapers.
Lindsey Stroud – Taxpayers Protection Alliance – 2022-02-04.
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